Click here to read a research paper by Roger Ballard on Afghan Hindus and Sikhs which was written in 2011
Category: Opinion
Ways of speaking in the diaspora: Afghan Hindus in Germany
Click here to read the thesis by Chitra Venkatesh Akkoor who completed this work in 2011 as part of her PhD degree in University of Iowa. Chitra made multiple trips to Germany and spent significant amount of time with Afghan Hindus in Hamburg, Frankfurt and Cologne to complete this work.
A Lost Opportunity? Hindus and Sikhs do not get a reserved seat in parliament
Source: Afghanintan Analysts Network Author: Fabrizio Foschini Date: 16 December 2013 On 14 December 2013, the Wolesi Jirga (WJ), the lower house of the Afghan parliament, rejected the presidential decree adding a reserved seat among its ranks for the Hindu and Sikh minorities. The debate showed a divided house, but the vote rewarded those pitted against… Continue reading A Lost Opportunity? Hindus and Sikhs do not get a reserved seat in parliament
We condemn the discrimination against Sikhs and Hindus of Afghanistan
Source: Kabul Press By M. Amin Wahidi In a racist action, the parliamentarians of Afghanistan refused the allocation of a single seat in the parliament for the Sikhs and Hindus minority group. Although the Sikh and Hindu people of Afghanistan have passed a long way of suffering for their religion but they are still discriminated… Continue reading We condemn the discrimination against Sikhs and Hindus of Afghanistan
Mission Afghanistan – A documentary on Afghan Sikhs and Hindus
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eBopP2k5N8U] “Sarbat Sangat Kabul Guru rakhega…. Sarbat Sangat uppar Meri khushi hai…” – Paatshahi 10 Samat 1756. The above quotation is from a Hukamnaama of Guru Gobind Singh of 1699 CE, blessing the Sangat of Kabul. The opening and concluding lines of the Hukamnaana (edict) read: “Sangat of Kabul, the Guru will save you…. I… Continue reading Mission Afghanistan – A documentary on Afghan Sikhs and Hindus
“افغان هندوان هم افغانان دي”
Listen to BBC’s interview with Dr. Fakirchand Chandihok د افغان هندوانو او سکانو د حقونو فعالان وايي په دغه هېواد کې د دوی بنسټيز بشري حقونو ته پام نه کيږي. د افغان هندوانو او سکانو د حقونو فعال او د بشري حقونو د دفاع نړېوالې ټولنې (Global Human Rights Defence) غړی فقیر چند چندیهوک وايي… Continue reading “افغان هندوان هم افغانان دي”
CRISIS APPEAL: Europe stop deporting Afghans
Message from UK based Afghan Sikh Community ਅਫਗ਼ਾਨੀ ਇਸਤਰੀਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਬਚਿਆਂ ਨੂ ਦੇਸ਼ ਨਿਕਾਲਾ ਨ ਦੇਣ ਦੀ ਮੰਗ । ک فاجعه بشری، از کشورهالیند، سه خانم و یک کودک به افغانستان اخراج میگردند अफ्घानी स्त्री व बाल शरणार्थीओं को देशनिकाला न देने की मांग । [youtube=http://youtu.be/OV7XlUFCY2w] Afghan Sikh Community Leaders in Britain urging UK, Dutch… Continue reading CRISIS APPEAL: Europe stop deporting Afghans